diff --git a/multilingual/query.py b/multilingual/query.py
index 3b336bf..afb0cc7 100644
--- a/multilingual/query.py
+++ b/multilingual/query.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def setup_joins(self, names, opts, alias, dupe_multis, allow_many=True,
     def get_count(self):
         # optimize for the common special case: count without any
         # filters
-        if ((not (self.select or self.where or self.extra_where))
+        if ((not (self.select or self.where))
             and self.include_translation_data):
             obj = self.clone(extra_select = {},
                              extra_join = {},